Brazil is an amazing country loaded with a huge number of species of bird that birders the world over...

Ecuador has three types of Quetzals, one in the Amazon basin and two in the east and west slopes....

There I was (I’ve been reading Thurber) on board a boat off Baja California, reveling in cormorants (three species!),...

The national bird of Nicaragua is the Turquoise-browed Motmot.  Nicaraguans, however,  call it Guardabarranco, which translates to “ravine-guard.”  Whatever...

Like most Northern Hemisphere birders, I’ve been monitoring the signs of spring like a dog watching the driveway for...

As I’ve mentioned before, clues for these quizzes are taken from bird guides and other resources.  The single resource...

The equinox has not yet arrived, but the birds on my block don’t seem to care. Cardinals are whooping,...

This past Monday I was running around with my son in my backyard after work.  We were doing the...